Barrel-tap.



H. HILDENBRAND.

BARREL TAP. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1911. RENEWED MAR. 18, 1913.

1,062,779. PatentedMay27,19l3.

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HENRY HILDENBRAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEWIS H.PHELPS, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BARREL-TAP.

Application filed September 23, 1911, Serial No. 659,891.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY HILDENBRAND, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Barrel-Taps, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in barrel taps and has particularreference to that type of device utilized in connection with diversetypes of containers adapted to receive fluids under gas pressure.

The object of the invention is the provid ing of a device adapted to bepermanently placed within the head or other suitable portion of a barrelor other container having associated therewith a valve adapted to beoperated by the single turn of the spigot obviating the necessity of amultiplicity of turns in order to open and close the actuated valve.

In the following is described in connec tion with the accompanyingdrawings one embodiment of the invention, the features thereof beingmore particularly pointed out hereinafter in the claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the deviceillustrating in connection therewith the position the spigot assumeswith relation to the valve; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevationof the lower end of the spigot illustrating in detail the manner inwhich the spigot is held in place in relation to said valve; Fig. 3 is aplan of the valve; Fig. 4 is a view of the lower side of the lowerretaining cap; and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on the line 5-5 ofFig. 1 of the spigot.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the general outline of a barrel or othercontainer having permanently mounted therein a threaded sleeve 2 whichhas cast integrally therewith at its central body portion a web 3extending diametrically across said sleeve 2 to form a valve seat andhaving at its central portion a hub 4 and adjacent to said hub aapertures 5, the object of which is hereinafter described. Sleeve 2 hasformed at its upper end diametrically opposite, inwardly extendingportions. The spigot 6 is provided at its lower end on its outer sideswith lugs 7 having their upper surfaces beveled Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 27, 1913.

Renewed. March 18, 1913. Serial No. 755,262.

as at 8 to engage the under surface of the inwardly extending portionsof cap 2. The lower end of spigot 6 is formed into a neck 9 which mergesinto a fluid passageway 10 for the passage of the fluids therethrough,the extreme lower portion of neck 9 being adapted to act as a valveengaging jaw as at 11. Spigot 6 has also formed thereon a shoulder 12having mounted immediately beneath it a gasket 13 for sealing the partstogether when actuated. The upper end of spigot 6 is threaded as at 14to receive any suitable form of faucet or nozzle as desired and has castintegrally therewith a handle 15 for operating purposes. Valve seat 3has mounted therein a valve 16 provided with a vertically extendingshank 17, the extreme upper end of which is formed into a squareactuating head 18, valve 16 being conical in shape and conforming to thecontour of web 3 and having formed therein apertures 19 adapted to bebrought into alinement with the apertures 5 in web 3 when valve 16 isturned to an open position by means of hair dle 15 of spigot 6, the head18 of said valve 16 being adapted to engage the jaw 11 on the extremelower end of said spigot 6.

The lower inner end of valve sleeve 2 is internally threaded as at 20 toreceive cap 21 which is provided at its center with a bearing 22 havingmounted therein a set screw 23 provided at its upper inner end with abeveled end 24 adapted to engage the valve 16 and hold it against itsseat, said set screw 23 being held in permanent position in said cap 21by means of locknut 26, said cap 21 being provided with a plurality ofapertures 25 for the purposes of forming ready communication between theinner recesses of the container or barrel when valve 16 is placed in anopen position, which is obtained by substantially a quarter turn of thespigot 6 which brings the apertures 5 and 19 into direct alinementthereby permitting the free passage of the fluids through the respectiveapertures therein up through the jaw 11 into the fluid passageway 10 ofsaid spigot 6, a like turn being neces sary to close the valve.

In devices of this nature an air intake valve must be utilized inconnection with the device as above described and does, in a great manyinstances, form a permanent part of the container or barrel and for thispurpose a valve identical with the valve as above described is used,only it may be of either a larger or smaller type of structure, thedetails thereof being the same.

It is obvious that the device as herein shown and described may bevaried in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis 1. A device of the character described comprising a valve casinghaving cast integrally therewith a diametrically extending Web providedwith a central hub and fluid passage apertures the under portion of saidweb being adapted to form a valve seat, a valve mounted in said valveseat and said central hub, provided with fluid passage ap ertures, ashank provided with a head for actuating said valve, a spigot mountedwithin said valve casing and engaging the actuating head on said valve,a cap detachably mounted in said valve casing having formed therein abearing, and a set screw mounted in said bearing for holding said valveagainst its seat.

2. A device of the character described comprising a valve casing havingcast integrally therewith a diametrically extending web provided with acentral hub and fluid passage apertures, the under portion of said webforming a valve seat, a valve mounted in said web conforming to saidvalve seat and provided with fluid passage apertures adapted to registerwith the apertures in said web and having a shank formed with anactuating head, a spigot adapted to be mounted in said valve casingprovided at its lower end with a neck adapted to engage said actuatinghead on said valve shank, a cap mounted in said valve casing providedwith a bearing and fluid passage apertures, a set screw mounted in saidbearing provided with a conical end adapted to engage the valve, and alocknut mounted on said set screw engaging said bearing in said cap andadapted to hold said set screw and valve in place in said valve casing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY HILDENBRAND.

Witnesses:

SADIE R. SEMLEAR, GERTRUDE E. Com.

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